Gustave hood



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G. HOOD.

FASTENING FOR HAND BAG, PDGKET BOOK, AND PURSE FRAMES. No. 337,682.Pate'nted'Mar. 9, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eUsTAvE HOOD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERsEY, AssIeNoR TO DANIEL M. READ, OF NEWYoRK, N. Y.

FASTENING FOR HAND-BAG, POCKET-BOOK, AND PURSE FRAMES.

SEECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,682, dated March 9,1886.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE HooD, of Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fastenings for Hand- Bag,Pocket-Book, and PurseFraInes,of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthisspecification,in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a purseframe to which my improvement hasbeen applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional eud elevation of the same, takenthrough the line w m, Fig. 1, and shown closed. Fig. 3 is the samesection as Fig 2, but shown open. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the middlepart of the same.

The object of this invention is to provide fastenings for hand-bag,pocket-book, and purse frames, constructed in such a manner that thesaid frames will be fastened automatically when closed, and can bereadily unfastened.

The invention consists in the combination, with the recessed parts ofthe frame,of a plate provided with ashoulder anda flange, as will behereinafter fully described.

A B represent the parts of a frame, which are hinged to each other attheir ends in the ordinary manner. The parts A B are recessed to receivethe fastening-plate O, which is hinged to the part A by means of a wire,D, and has a flange, E, on the lower side of its forward part, to engagewith the part B of the frame and fasten the said frame shut. The middlepart of the plate 0 is enlarged to receive the hinging-wire D, and uponthe forward side of the lower part of the said enlargement is formed ashoulder, F, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rear part of the plate 0projects, to serve as a stop to prevent the said plate from being turnedtoo far back. The

end parts of the hinging-wire D rest in the groove in the part A of theframe that receives the edge of the body of the hand-bag, pocketbook, orpurse.

A convenient way of applying the plateC to the part A of the frame is toinsert one end of the wire D in the perforation of the said plate 0,pass the projecting end of the wire through the recess in said part Auntil the said plate comes to its seat in the said recess and the saidwire rests in the groove of the said part. The wire D is then pushedalong the groove in the part A of the frame and through the perforationin the plate 0 by means of a screw-driver or other pointed implementuntil its ends project about equally at the ends of the said plate 0, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig 4, when the said plate 0 will be heldsecurely in place withoutany further fastening. \Vith this construction,when the frame A B is closed the part B strikes the shoulder F, andforces the forward part of the plate 0 downward,when theflange Eengageswith the part B of the frame, and fastens the said frame shut until thesaid part B is released by raising the forward part of thefastening-plate O. The upward movement of the forward part of the plate0 swings the shoulder Fof the said plate against the part B of theframe, and pushes the said part back so that the frame can be readilyopened. The ends of the forward part of the hinged plate 0 are flared,as shown in Fig. 4, to engage with the ends of the recess in the part Band serve as a dovetail, to further secure the parts of the frame frombeing opened by an outward. pressure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the recessed parts A B of the frame, of a plate,0, hinged to the said part A, and provided with a flange, E, andshoulder F, to engage with the said part B, substantially as hereinshown and described.

GUSTAVE HOOD.

Witnesses: V

J AMEs T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE.

